Logging DNS requests from apps on AT&T WiFi on Arris BGW210-700

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guraaf

October 09, 2020 21:20

I want to see what apps/websites are being accessed from my home WiFi network, i.e., mobile phones using XYZ app or not (e.g., Tinder). 

 

I have AT&T Fiber service with their Motorola/Arris BGW210-700 router. This router doesn't allow me to change DNS settings. What are my options?

Can I buy to install in between my existing router and the WAN ethernet cable? If I do move the DNS server to OpenDNS, then does anybody know if I will be able to detect if an app like Tinder was used?

 

Thanks

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  rotblitz October 10, 2020 11:20 (Edited October 10, 2020 12:33)

  “What are my options?”

  You replace this router, or you place another router between as you said, or you configure OpenDNS on the end user devices.

  “does anybody know if I will be able to detect if an app like Tinder was used?”

  You will see if domains have been queried which belong to Tinder. A DNS service does not know what has been used, just what domains have been looked up. DNS is the phone book of the internet, not the phone lines.

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